Tehran official signals war risk in standoff with Washington

A senior official at Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Joint Military Command said on Tuesday, June 2, that the United States was seeking the Islamic Republic’s “full surrender,” warning that the alternative could be armed conflict.

Mohammad Jafar Asadi, deputy inspector of the headquarters, said war would be inevitable if surrender was not an option, framing the standoff in stark terms.

“When there is no surrender, war lies ahead, and we have not yet revealed all our winning cards,” he said.

By Tamilla Hasanova